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Eastpoint Mall in Baltimore said Tuesday it has signed leases with DSW Shoe Warehouse and Burlington Coat Factory. The mall, which is owned by Thor Equities, said it also signed a 15-year lease extension with Value City Furniture. DSW, which is scheduled to open in April, signed a 10-year lease for 18,000 square feet of space formerly occupied in part by Steve & Barry, a clothing store. Burlington Coat Factory signed a 10-year lease to open a 70,000-square-foot store in March. The mall serves about 6 million shoppers a year, according to Thor Equities.

Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his Roland Park home. He was 87. "I first met Jerry in the 1980s when he was executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence," said Brian C. Rogers, chairman of T. Rowe Price, who had served as a member of the organization's board.

Like the proverbial "wolf in sheep's clothing," a Texas energy company is promoting a massive Eastern Shore wind farm as an environmentally friendly "green" project ("Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy," April 29). In reality, this project will kill large numbers of birds, such as bald eagles and ospreys, which are attracted to the lights necessary for aircraft safety at night. Why do our politicians fall for these projects that are supposed to improve the economy?

Like the proverbial "wolf in sheep's clothing," a Texas energy company is promoting a massive Eastern Shore wind farm as an environmentally friendly "green" project ("Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy," April 29). In reality, this project will kill large numbers of birds, such as bald eagles and ospreys, which are attracted to the lights necessary for aircraft safety at night. Why do our politicians fall for these projects that are supposed to improve the economy?

AP Self Storage is holding a Spread Goodwill Clothing Drive during June. The Harford County-based company will be accepting clothing and shoes through June 30. AP is working in conjunction with Goodwill Industries, which will receive the donation of the collected items. Donations should be dropped off at 1339 Belcamp Road in Belcamp during regular business hours. AP Property Manager Adam Parsons says, "We are really excited about the Goodwill Drive. Goodwill Industries reaches out to youth, seniors, veterans and military families, immigrants, people with disabilities and others with specialized needs in our communities.

When the Center Club held a focus group asking its members what events they wanted to hold, some suggested a fashion show. But any old fashion show wouldn't do. It had to mean something. "We talked about our members being very philanthropic and wanting to give back," said Nancy Sloane, director of membership and marketing for the Center Club. "So that was a component we wanted to make a part of the fashion show. " At 7 p.m. Friday, the Center Club will host its first-ever runway show, Couture at the Club: An Evening of Ravishing Fashion.

An Ellicott City woman was arrested Saturday afternoon for trying to steal $195 worth of clothes from the Hecht Co. store in the Annapolis Mall, county police said yesterday.A store security officer told police that he saw a woman carry 20 items of clothing into a dressing room shortly after 1:30 p.m. When the woman left the room, she had only 13 items of clothing and a bag that appeared to be filled with garments, the security officer told police.The woman put the 13 items back on the rack and left the store.

John C. Trikeriotis, a founder and president of Rothschild's Clothing, died of cancer Saturdayat his Monkton home. He was 67.Mr. Trikeriotis and Brian Loeffel founded the upscale Pikesville clothing store in 1984.A master tailor and custom designer who learned his trade in Greece and Italy, Mr. Trikeriotis came to Baltimore to work at Phil Kolodner's, a Baltimore clothing store, in 1968. He remained there until Rothschild's opened."Everyone loved him and he could fit a suit in the blink of an eye. He had both the eye and the knack," said Mr. Loeffel.

There is a certain fashion customer who responds only to sarcasm. And that customer -- hip, disillusioned and teen-age -- happens to be the target for Tower Clothing.Posters recently began appearing around New York of groups of youths posed like a Seattle band. One carries the slogan: "For years we've been noticing how you've come into our stores. Now we're doing something about it."Tower attire was the idea of Shaheen Sadeghi, a former executive at Quicksilver and Gotcha Sportswear. Mr. Sadeghi organized the "anti-mall," a cluster of stores in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Arnold Finkelstein, whose cherubic smile and easy demeanor were as much a part of the Towson scene for 60 years as his family's landmark York Road clothing store, died Wednesday of lymphoma at his Pikesville residence. He was 82.Mr. Finkelstein, an owner and president of Finkelstein's of Towson until it closed in 1994, spent most of his life in the store, offering such garb as blue jeans, khakis, blended oxford shirts, shoes, western apparel and blazers.The No. 8 streetcar swayed and clanged up a dusty York Road and cows still grazed where Hutzler's eventually built its Towson department store when Ellis and Fannie Finkelstein, Mr. Finkelstein's parents, gave up their Calhoun Street grocery and opened the Towson Bargain Store on Chesapeake Avenue.

Stacey Chambers has always been on the move. As a child, her nickname was Go Go, because she rarely slowed down. So it comes as little surprise that Chambers, 31, would wind up running a fashion boutique out of a bus. Chambers runs Go Go's Retread Threads (the name borrowed from her childhood moniker) out of a bus from the early '90s she's named Elsa, parking at farmers' markets, at festivals and on neighborhood streets to sell vintage clothes. Chambers started the business in 2010 after she heard a National Public Radio story about how small businesses run out of traditional storefronts were struggling.

Leon Samuel Idas, who owned a commercial used clothing business and fought the German occupation of his native Greece during World War II, died of a cerebral ailment April 12 at his home in Lauderhill, Fla. He was 87 years old and formerly lived in Bolton Hill. Born in Athens, Greece, he was the son of Samuel and Miriam Ioudas, who also used the name Gabrielides. His father was a textile merchant. "My father's early life was interrupted by the invasion of his beloved homeland, by the Germans during World War II," said his son, Samuel Idas of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "At 16, Leon fled the Nazi-fortified city of Athens with forged documents and instructions from underground resistance leaders.

Worshipers at a West Baltimore church donated more than 1,000 pieces of clothing to a prison re-entry program as part of their Easter Sunday services. Members of the Empowerment Temple Church were asked to forgo buying new outfits for Easter in favor of donating new and gently used clothing to be distributed among men and women released from prison and looking to re-enter the workplace. "We want to help our brothers and sisters who have been newly released make a fresh start and put their best foot forward," said the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant, founder and senior pastor of Empowerment Temple.

Samuel L. "Sandy" Frank, a retired Baltimore clothing manufacturer executive and World War II veteran, died Feb. 28 from cancer at his Roland Park Place home. The former longtime Mount Washington resident was 92. The son of Henry Frank, who headed A. Frank & Sons, and Ruth Frank, Samuel Lewis Frank was born in Baltimore and spent his early years in a Eutaw Place home before moving in the 1930s with his family to Crossland Avenue in the Dumbarton neighborhood of Northwest Baltimore.

Gertrude Brownstein, who worked for eight decades in grocery and department stores and later in a family-owned auction business, died of cancer Dec. 18 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 100 and lived in Owings Mills. Gertrude Fishbone was born on Jan. 1, 1912, in Baltimore. She was the daughter of Hyman and Ida Fishbone, immigrants from the Ukraine. Family members said they came to this country speaking only Russian and Yiddish. They opened a corner grocery store in 1920 at 3600 Keswick Road in Hampden.

Dennis H.L. Sherman, a retired tailor who was also known as "The Tie Man," died Dec. 14 of pneumonia at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 87. "I first met him when I was in middle school. Back then I used to wear ascots, and he thought that was so cool," said Matthew "Bay Bay" Williams, a Baltimore portrait artist. "He was a most interesting fellow. " Dennis Howard Lee Sherman was born in Norfolk, Va., and raised in Petersburg, Va., where he graduated from high school. During World War II, he served in the Army as a private.

Annapolis Clothing Co. Inc., trying to stay vital during the recession by downsizing, plans to close three of its seven stores.The locally based women's apparel chain also has filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization under the Federal Bankruptcy Act.Lawrence D. Coppel, the attorney representing Annapolis Clothing, said the chain will close its stores at Towson Market Place shopping center, St. Thomas Shopping Center in Owings Mills and Festival Plaza in...

Annapolis Clothing Co. Inc., trying to stay vital during the recession by downsizing, plans to close three of its seven locations.The locally based women's apparel chain also has filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization under the Federal Bankruptcy Act.Lawrence D. Coppel, the attorney representing Annapolis Clothing, said the chain will close its locations at Towson Market Place shopping center, St. Thomas Shopping Center in Owings Mills and Festival Plaza...

A 19-year-old man shot multiple times after being approached by a group of assailants police said were dressed in "dark clothing and ski masks" died in the hospital Sunday evening. Police identified the victim Monday as Charles Fuller of the 600 Block of Potomac Street. Officers responded at 6:53 p.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting at E. Baltimore Street and Decker Avenue. Fuller was found by officers lying in front of a residence in the 3000 block of E. Baltimore Street and had been shot in the hip and the back, police said.

For some tips on fall clothing deals, check out ShopSmart magazine's October issue. The Consumer Reports publication will feature a "Six Steps to Score Big Savings on Clothes," guide, the non-profit product testing organization said. "This issue of ShopSmart will help you make sure you're working all of the angles to save on clothes," Lisa Lee Freeman, editor-in-chief of ShopSmart, said in a release. "Even if you think you know all the tricks, you need to read this just to make sure you're not missing out on any discounts.